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noun

A sharp blow:

‘he hit it with a hefty thwack’

‘The nice thwack of the club hitting the ball is one of the few, if only, notable effects.’

‘Perhaps a well-timed thwack with a swatter works?’

‘The sound of repeated thwacks lures you to the roasted-duck counter, where a small man with a big cleaver reduces a whole mahogany-colored bird into a pile of steamy, mouthwatering chunks in seconds.’

‘Guys are dumb, it takes us a couple of thwacks before we stop hitting our heads on walls.’

‘The thwack should have been an early wake-up call but the Minstermen continued to stumble and fumble thereafter.’

‘Diversity might include free-thinking, liberal-minded schools, alongside those that favour the firm thwack of the three Rs above all else.’

‘Mugabe is often seen sipping tea, eating cake and clapping at Harare Sports Club while revelling in the magical thwack of leather against willow.’

‘The latest heavyweight report investigating pay inequalities between the genders landed last week, with a huge thwack, on news editors' desks up and down the country.’

‘Racquet connected with ball with an almighty thwack.’

‘And then the smart thwack of her hand on my shoulder and I was ‘it’.’